Hello Tweeters,
I like to ad few details to Patricks message.
For one think i would mention that i was so impressed with all this good
yards,creating good and lot's of habitat for birds.I met Dayna and her
husband what shared ideas for certain plants.I must get her suet feeder
where no starling can feed on.I only got one starling in my yard and i had
to take my suet feeder down,there are a pest in yards,messing up my patio
also.I also met the lady and her husband across the street,who worke her two
dogs who did not mins standing on her fence watching her Hummingbird feeder
way down the driveway.Patrick saw the Oreole on the left hand site of the
house on the Pink Dogwood tree what sticks out because it is tall as her
roof.I more less was visiting with other birders,and would had to be
interested taking some photos of this rare bird.
The worst visit came of to the past Kent Ponds,since we not been there since
1999.I always was wondering wy there is never any good reporting from this
years ago HOTSPOT.
I must say all what is there high water ponds and lot;s of Grassy weeds.What
kind of birds you can find in tall grass or where there plants????There used
to be a spit in the middle of the ponds where we had Gulls ,Shorebirds and
Ducks.This spit is coverd with weedy grass.Sorry this is the last time i
would ever visit this place.Also goodby to all the good Sparrows we used to
have there.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma godwit at worldnet.att.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 5:41 PM
Subject: Hooded Oriole remains


> Hello Tweets,
>
> Today Dave Hayden, and my mother, and I birded mainly Snohomish Co., with
a
> quick visit in south King County on our way home with a total of 85
species
> for the day. The main highlight was the male HOODED ORIOLE briefly present
> at 10:15am in Canyon Park in southern Snohomish County, after rather
> extensive searching of the vicinity, where it was present behind the
> residence of 23511 53rd Ave. SE flying low from a pink-flowering dogwood
> tree then not to be seen again, as we remained our stay. I was
unfortunately
> the only one person to see the bird, as Dave Hayden and I walked the
> perimeter of surrounding residence, after we watched the feeders for quite
> awhile, with NO LUCK. The weather at this location was quite cool and
> cloudy, with isolated light rain showers at times,with minor wind, as was
> the case throughout the remainder of our visit to Snohomish County, with
> heavier winds along the Everett waterfront. The oriole is probably
searching
> the surrounding habitat, despite not coming to the hummingbird feeders, as
> it can also eat available insects too, but it is may remain quite elusive.
> Other birders were also at this location, as they watched and searched the
> surroundings as well as us, during our stay until 11:15am.
>
> Other notable species during our visit included:
>
> 1 Cooper's Hawk
> 5 California Quail
> 12 Band-tailed Pigeons
> 1 pair of ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS
> 1 Hairy Woodpecker
> 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER(seen and heard in a small patch of decidious trees,
> being a migrant at this location)
> 3 Western Wood Pewees
> 5 Swainson's Thrushes
> 1 Warbling Vireo
> 1 Orange-crowned Warbler
> 10+ Wilson's Warblers
> 2 Yellow Warblers
> 1 MacGillivray's Warbler
> 1 pair of Black-headed Grosbeaks
> 1 pair of Red Crossbills
>
>
> At 12pm we checked the Snohomish Sewage Treatment Plant in Snohomish,
where
> weather conditions began to improve, but still cloudy, where highlights
> included:
>
> 5 calling Virginia Rails(with one bird seen)
> 3 Blue-winged Teal
> 1 pair of Cinnamon Teal
> 1 Lesser Scaup
> 1 Osprey
> 6 swallow species, including 3 BANK SWALLOWS
> 1 Bullock's Oriole
>
> Next, our main birding location was the Everett waterfront at Port
Gardner,
> as we viewed the east shore of Jetty Island at incoming high tide. The
winds
> were most notable at this location during our stay, although we managed to
> locate 21 ARCTIC TERNS, with most birds birds seen flying over the south,
> and west portion of the island, as well as at least two birds noted
resting
> on the exposed mudflats along the eastern portion of the island, as we
> viewed them with our spotting scopes. I have never encountered this high
> number of birds at this location, although many of them are defintely
> believed to be true migrants, as they continue to head north, with only a
> few nesting pairs to remain. Past visits for my mother and I have always
> been in June and July during the nesting season, with a few nesting pairs,
> so it was nice to see many of them in migration.
>
> Other notable species at this location included:
>
> 1 Common Loon
> 1 pair of Am.Wigeon
> 12 Northern Pintails
> 1 Common Goldeneye
> 1 pair of Hooded Mergansers
> 2 Marbled Murrelets
> 4 Ring-billed Gulls
> 6 California Gulls
>
> On our way home, as mentioned before we made afew stop in southern King
> County, as the weather began to greatly improve, but the wind still
> remained, being heavy at times. We started at the Kent Ponds(old name),
> where the only highlights were 7 Cinnamon Teals, 4 Ruddy Ducks, 3 Ospreys,
> and 1 calling Spotted Sandpiper. Our last species of the day was 2 female
> Buffleheads resting with other waterfowl, in a flooded field between
Emerald
> Downs, and Hwy.167 in Auburn.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
> GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
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